When the game started, Lin Feng became the jump ball player of the Lakers as expected, and the one competing with him for the ball was none other than the Wolf King Garnett.
Garnett was prepared. Through observing the game video, he found that Lin Feng had strong jumping ability, could perform mid-air moves, and was good at jump balls.
He was not afraid. In this jump ball, he almost snatched the ball from Lin Feng.
"KG was the first to touch the ball in midcourt, but unfortunately, he was still a little short. A-Lin is now popular all over the league, and everyone is afraid to jump against him!"
The commentator of this game was also impressed by Lin Feng's midfield jump ball.
As far as I can remember, Lin Feng had three jump balls on behalf of the Lakers, and the Lakers had the ball each time.
"Lin! I have studied you. Be careful in this game. I don't mind if there is one more Chinese player among the players I beat."
Garnett is worthy of being the originator of trash talk among active players. Even after failing the jump ball, he still had to mock Lin Feng.
Lin Feng ignored him completely; he also liked to talk trash.
But his trash-talking skills are far better than Garnett's.
Garnett is always scolding his opponents. His purpose is simple: to anger them, make them lose their minds and affect their performance, and then he can win.
Lin Feng's trash talk is done right after he has abused his opponent, which is more damaging.
Just like in the last game, he said to Lewis: I will end you there!
After scoring a quick stop jump shot, he said to Lewis: Rookie, welcome to Staples.
It can be imagined that Lewis's psychological defenses definitely collapsed after being humiliated.
In the last game, Lewis, who was scolded by Lin Feng, seriously affected his performance.
Lewis used to be very accurate in shooting, but in the last game, he only scored 8 points, which is equivalent to a substitute player.
"Will Lin explode in this game tonight? I just heard that KG seemed to be deliberately criticizing Lin. Does he want to anger Lin and win this game?"
"Hahaha, the whole league knows about KG's trash talk. Lin is just a rookie player. I hope he can withstand KG's trash talk. Otherwise, it will seriously affect his performance. It's really uncertain who will win or lose this game."
"Oh my god, don't you take Kobe seriously? Even if Lin's performance is unstable, there is still Kobe."
"Sorry Mike, I forgot about Kobe."
Mike Breen appeared again as commentator for this game.
Lin Feng has always liked this guy because his commentary atmosphere is very passionate.
Mike Breen is right; the Lakers now have two killer weapons!
Even if Lin Feng's performance is unstable, there is still Kobe.
Kobe's performance is unstable, and so is Lin Feng's.
The most common case in the NBA is when two core players win the championship.
The OK combination back then, and Pippen and Jordan during the Bulls era, were both core duos at their peak.
In tonight's game against the Timberwolves, Lin Feng did not do the dirty work like he did in the last game.
In this game, he had a strong desire to attack.
He took the ball in the midfield, but instead of passing it to others, he chose to attack on his own.
Kobe slowly built up a certain tacit understanding with Lin Feng. Looking at Lin Feng's posture, he knew that Lin Feng was going to attack on his own, so he made a hand gesture, signaling his teammates to move away and leave space for Lin Feng to play alone.
"Dear audience, now it's A-Lin who's attacking with the ball. He didn't choose to pass the ball, and Kobe and Lin seem to be getting more and more in sync?"
"Kobe saw Lin holding the ball and playing one-on-one, and signaled his teammates to move away. The current Lakers team is the performance time for Lin and Kobe. I hope that with Lin joining this season, Kobe can get his fourth championship ring in his career as he wishes!"
The two commentators were reporting in real time and at the same time looking forward to the Lin Ke combination achieving good results this season.
The player defending Lin Feng was an unknown guy named Hessen.
Hessen has average athletic talent. When playing next to the Wolf King, he tends to pass the ball to the Wolf King and let the Wolf King end the game.
Hessen's defense is not that good either. When he is asked to defend against a traditional guard alone, he can just barely make it.
Lin Feng, who had excellent defensive and offensive rhythm tonight, was the biggest problem thrown to Hessen.
Head coach Devin Casey had already seen through this and told Garnett to contain Lin Feng in the interior and not give him the opportunity to easily break through and score.
Garnett is a capable person and should work harder. After all, he is the Wolf King, and his salary is the highest.
Garnett responded to head coach Devin Casey's arrangements without hesitation and bravely took on both defense and offense.
At this time, Lin Feng was playing against Hessen alone, and Garnett was already waiting in the interior. As long as Lin Feng dared to break through for a layup or dunk, he would definitely try his best to stop Lin Feng.
Mike Breen: "It is very difficult for Hessen to defend Lin alone. As far as I know, Hessen has never been on the defensive lineup in his life, not even the second team."
"It's very difficult! After watching A Lin's games in recent days, I found that this guy is a player who can break through and shoot well. It's very difficult to deal with him. I hope KG can limit Lin's performance in this game."
As soon as the two commentators finished speaking, Lin Feng started with the ball.
He didn't take Hessen seriously at all. It was a pipe dream for him to be defended by this guy alone.
He dribbled the ball into the inside and found Garnett waiting there. He was waiting for Lin Feng to enter his territory and then block his shot.
"Hey! Lin, you really dare to rush in? Don't you know that I was selected to the All-Defense Team 7 times? Defending you is as easy as eating a donut."
Garnett is definitely a guy who can't stop talking. When he saw Lin Feng coming in with the ball, he immediately opened his arms and talked trash to Lin Feng.
In fact, Garnett is indeed a defensive stalwart.
Since the 99-00 season, he has been selected to the defensive first team.
Until last season, Garnett was still in the defensive team.
From a high school student just entering the league to a trash-talk king and then to an All-Star player, KG's defensive ability and offensive efficiency have continued to increase year after year.
But his word "donut" actually made Lin Feng laugh.
As a future man, Lin Feng knows a little story.
In a game between the Celtics and the Knicks that year, Garnett made a big statement to Anthony, saying that his wife tasted like donuts.
This trash talk really pissed off Brother Social, and he started fighting with KG on the court.
Even until the end of the game, Social Gua Ge rushed towards the Celtics bus, yelling at KG to not leave after school.
As we all know, the power of Social Gua Ge in New York is incomparable to KG.
With the help of his teammates and a group of reporters, KG escaped.
Are you kidding me? Are you playing social energy with Brother Gua?
Even KG, the fearless tough guy, was more or less scared.
It was because of thinking about this interesting thing that Lin Feng couldn't help but laugh.
Garnett looked at Lin Feng in confusion, not understanding why Lin Feng was laughing.
He subconsciously thought that Lin Feng was challenging his sovereignty? Was he demonstrating to him?
This made KG very angry. He immediately bared his teeth and insisted on defending Lin Feng in this round, giving Lin Feng a big block.
However.
That was what he took for granted. He rushed into the inside, and this time Lin Feng did not have an explosive dunk. Instead, he made a series of slightly unfamiliar fake moves and successfully tricked KG into jumping.
Target Arena suddenly fell into silence.
Because everyone discovered that the move Lin Feng had just used was admittedly a little unfamiliar, but it was actually a rare skill of an inside player, the Dream Footwork?!